Eight vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Tartar, after the Tartars:
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Tatars ( Tatar: Tatarlar/Татарлар sometimes spelled Tartars, are a Turkic -speaking ethnic group or multiple ethnic groups In Britain's Royal Navy during the classic age of fighting sail a fifth-rate was the penultimate class of warships in a hierarchal system of six "ratings" based Sixth-rate was the designation used by the Royal Navy for small warships mounting between 20 and 24 nine-pounder guns on a single deck sometimes with guns on the upper works In Britain's Royal Navy during the classic age of fighting sail a fifth-rate was the penultimate class of warships in a hierarchal system of six "ratings" based In Britain's Royal Navy during the classic age of fighting sail a fifth-rate was the penultimate class of warships in a hierarchal system of six "ratings" based For other ships of the same name see HMS ''Tartar''. HMS Tartar was a Tribal class Destroyer of the Royal Design The preceding River or E class destroyers of 1903 had made on the provided by triple expansion steam engines and coal-fired Boilers In naval terminology a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance Warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, Convoy Construction and commissioning Tartar was ordered on 12 June 1936 under the 1936 Naval Estimates and was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Design history From 1926 all Royal Navy destroyers had descended from a common lineage based upon the prototypes ''Amazon'' and ''Ambuscade''. History The Tribals were designed during the 1950s as a response to the increasing cost of single-role vessels such as the Type 14s. For the bird see Frigatebird. A frigate /ˈfrɪgɪt/ is a warship
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